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Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Elizabeth Hernandez and other tenants protest rent hike , Alliance for Californians for Community Empowerment Action
While wages have flatlined for most working class people, rents have reached new highs, leaving most people struggling. But it’s not just in the US...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
World as Family
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we revisit an episode from earlier this year that helps us make sense of the isolation brought on by the pandemic, and mistrust sown by ...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
White Balance
From: Zachary Davis
Series: Ministry of Ideas
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Understanding race in America requires understanding its relationship to class.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 05, 2017
  • Length: 13:34
  • Purchases: 1
Life of the Law #105: In Studio: Heroin Town
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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Want to know how heroin treatment centers in Canada, the Affordable Care Act, President Trump’s new budget, and Henrietta Lacks all fit into one co...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2017
  • Length: 53:54
The Serengeti Rules -- Groks Science Show 2016-05-04
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Sean Carroll discussed the logic of regulation as well as how these principles can be applied to treat disease and heal ecosystems.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 04, 2016
  • Length: 25:45
  • Purchases: 2
Generation ADHD
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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When Jimmy was 7 years old, he was diagnosed with ADHD (what's considered today to be a common behavioral disorder). He was prescribed mood-alterin...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2015
  • Length: 04:10
The Quantum Moment -- Groks Science Show 2015-01-21
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Robert Crease discusses how terms from quantum mechanics have found their way into everyday discourse.

Bought by KPVL and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 32:16
  • Purchases: 2
Interview with Latin Waves Host Sylvia Richardson
From: Latin Waves Media
Series: Latin Waves Media
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Sylvia L. Richardson is a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University. She is the host and producer of the internationally...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 28:39
Richard Miniter
From: David Kaufman
Series: Understanding the World
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Richard is the National Security columnist for Forbes and is a New York Times best-selling author.

  • Added: May 09, 2014
  • Length: 50:30
Two Guys on Your Head: Resolutions
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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It’s that time of the year when we resolve to drink less, exercise more, save money, etc. It may feel really good to intend to do “better” in the n...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WMPG, and Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Dec 27, 2013
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 3
A Congressional Guide to Ending Gridlock
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Having survived the most recent episode of Gridlock by the skin of the Nation's teeth, we beyond the Beltway need to put our collective relational...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2013
  • Length: 03:26
A Citizen's Guide to Updating Your Truth
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
"Updating your truth" is a term not much used these days. We read that somebody "denied", "vetoed", "denounced", "maintained", "refused to consider...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2013
  • Length: 04:07
Putting Fear In Perspective (with Seth Glier)
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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Ian Lawton's theme in this episode of Soulseeds Radio explores putting fear in perspective. As Emerson said, "Do the thing you fear and the death o...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Casting Your Whole Vote (With Joshua Davis)
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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Soulseeds Radio host Ian Lawton explores casting your whole vote -- not just voting once every four years, but letting your whole life, all your wo...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 29:27
  • Purchases: 1
You've Gotta Have Faith (with Josh Rose)
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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Ian Lawton looks at many sides of Faith -- taking power where you can control things in your life, surrendering where you can't control things in y...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 29:17
  • Purchases: 1
Soulseeds Radio: Living Hope (with Channing and Quinn)
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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Welcome to Soulseeds Radio with host Ian Lawton -- talking today about hope which is not just an idea, not just a philosophy, but something that's ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 16, 2013
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 1
Capitalism Makes Us Crazy: Dr. Gabor Maté on Illness & Addiction
From: Making Contact
Caption: Dr. Gabor Maté, Credit: http://drgabormate.com/
What’s the connection between the increase in chronic diseases, mental illness and drug addiction in our society today? On this edition, Dr. Gabor ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Fred Friendly: Propaganda-Words and Actions, Contexts and Consequences
From: Murray Street Productions
Caption: Arthur Miller with panelists, Credit: Jonathan Guyer
A panel of international journalists, politicos, academics and legal experts consider propaganda in the context of a hypothetical struggle between ...

Bought by KQED, WGBH Radio Boston, KUT-HD, KCUR, KWGS and more


  • Added: Dec 15, 2008
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 6
Unquiet History 3
From: Matthew Battles
Series: Unquiet History
Caption: PRX default Piece image
October 22, this day in history.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2008
  • Length: 02:52
Weird Beliefs
From: KVNF
Series: Belief Systems and Other B.S.
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Weird beliefs are incredibly common in religion, and also incredibly useful.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 30, 2008
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
Broken Vows
From: KVNF
Series: Belief Systems and Other B.S.
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What's the big deal about breaking vows?

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Jan 17, 2006
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 1